Kandy Falcons in 2024

Kandy Falcons
2024 season
Coach	Mushtaq Ahmed
Captain	Wanindu Hasaranga
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The Kandy Falcons (abbreviated as KAF) is a franchise cricket team that competed in 2024 Lanka Premier League. The team is based in Kandy, Central Province Sri Lanka.^[1] The team was captained by Wanindu Hasaranga^[2] and coached by Mushtaq Ahmed.^[2]

Squad

Sources: ESPNcricinfo,^[3] ThePapare.com^[4]
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
denotes a player who was unavailable for rest of the season.

No.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Year Signed	Salary (US$)	Notes
Batters
	Shammu Ashan	(1998-01-09) 9 January 1998 (age 26)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	5,000
	Ashen Bandara	(1998-11-23) 23 November 1998 (age 25)	Right handed	Right-arm leg break	2024	28,000
72	Andre Fletcher	(1987-11-28) 28 November 1987 (age 36)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
16	Dimuth Karunaratne	(1988-04-21) 21 April 1988 (age 36)	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2024	10,000
	Pavan Rathnayake	(2002-08-24) 24 August 2002 (age 22)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	5,000
Wicket-keepers
56	Dinesh Chandimal	(1989-11-18) 18 November 1989 (age 35)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	40,000
29	Mohammad Haris	(2001-03-30) 30 March 2001 (age 23)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
23	Azam Khan	(1998-08-10) 10 August 1998 (age 26)	Right handed	–	2024	50,000	Overseas
All-rounders
67	Salman Ali Agha	(1993-11-23) 23 November 1993 (age 30)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	10,000	Overseas
49	Wanindu Hasaranga	(1997-07-29) 29 July 1997 (age 27)	Right handed	Right-arm leg break	2023	Retained	Local Icon Player; Captain
69	Angelo Mathews	(1987-06-02) 2 June 1987 (age 37)	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2023	Retained	Local Platinum Player
21	Kamindu Mendis	(1998-09-30) 30 September 1998 (age 26)	Left handed	Slow left-arm orthodox, Right-arm off break	2023	Retained
25	Ramesh Mendis	(1995-07-07) 7 July 1995 (age 29)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	10,000
7	Dasun Shanaka	(1991-09-09) 9 September 1991 (age 33)	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2024	84,000
	Chaturanga de Silva	(1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 (age 34)	Left handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	30,000
Spin bowlers
85	Lakshan Sandakan	(1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 (age 33)	Right handed	Left-arm wrist spin	2024	20,000
Pace bowlers
	Mohammad Ali	(1992-11-01) 1 November 1992 (age 32)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	10,000	Overseas
5	Dushmantha Chameera	(1992-01-11) 11 January 1992 (age 32)	Right handed	Right-arm fast	2023	Retained
71	Chamath Gomez	(2004-07-01) 1 July 2004 (age 20)	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2024	5,000
87	Mohammad Hasnain	(2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 24)	Right handed	Right-arm fast	2023	30,000	Overseas
47	Shoriful Islam	(2001-06-03) 3 June 2001 (age 23)	Left handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2024	30,000	Overseas
	Kavindu Pathiratne	(2002-08-09) 9 August 2002 (age 22)	Left handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	5,000
65	Kasun Rajitha	(1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 (age 31)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	26,000

Season standing

League table

The top four teams qualified for the play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Galle Marvels (R)	8	5	3	10	−0.059	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Jaffna Kings (C)	8	5	3	10	−0.392	Advanced to Qualifier 1
3	Colombo Strikers (4th)	8	4	4	8	0.583	Advanced to Eliminator
4	Kandy Falcons (3rd)	8	3	5	6	0.033	Advanced to Eliminator
5	Dambulla Sixers	8	3	5	6	−0.269

Source: ESPNCricinfo

Matches

denotes the winning team.
denotes the losing team.
Date	Match No.	Opponent	Toss	Result	Man of the match	Notes
Group stage
1 July	1	Dambulla Sixers	Falcons elected to field.	Falcons won by 6 wickets	Dasun Shanaka (KF)
2 July	3	Colombo Strikers	Falcons elected to field.	Strikers won by 51 runs	Shadab Khan (CS)	^[a]
6 July	7	Colombo Strikers	Falcons elected to field.	Strikers won by 2 runs	Matheesha Pathirana (CS)
7 July	9	Galle Marvels	Marvels elected to field.	Marvels won by 6 wickets	Isuru Udana (GM)
9 July	11	Jaffna Kings	Falcons elected to field.	Falcons won by 7 wickets	Dinesh Chandimal (KF)	^[b]
10 July	14	Galle Marvels	Marvels elected to field.	Marvels won by 8 wickets	Prabath Jayasuriya (GM)
13 July	15	Jaffna Kings	Kings elected to field.	Kings won by 4 wickets	Jason Behrendorff (JK)	^[c]
15 July	18	Dambulla Sixers	Sixers elected to field.	Falcons won by 54 runs	Wanindu Hasaranga (KF)
Play-offs
18 July	22 (E)	Colombo Strikers	Falcons elected to field.	Falcons won by 2 wickets	Kamindu Mendis (KF)
20 July	23 (Q2)	Jaffna Kings	Falcons elected to field.	Kings won by 1 run	Kusal Mendis (JK)

Notes

^ Shadab Khan became the first bowler from the Colombo Strikers to take a hat-trick.
^ Pathum Nissanka (Jaffna Kings) scored his first century in T20s.
^ The match was reduced to 7 overs per side due to rain.

References

^ "LPL 2024 to be played from July 1 to July 21". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Captain Fantastic Wanindu Hasaranga". Zee news. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
^ "Pathirana, Udana, Janat the most expensive picks in LPL 2024 auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
^ "LPL 2024 Auction: Full Squads of all 5 Teams". ThePapare. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[5] Shadab Khan became the first bowler from the Colombo Strikers to take a hat-trick.

[6] Pathum Nissanka (Jaffna Kings) scored his first century in T20s.

[7] The match was reduced to 7 overs per side due to rain.

[1] "LPL 2024 to be played from July 1 to July 21". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[Staff-2] "Captain Fantastic Wanindu Hasaranga". Zee news. Retrieved 21 August 2023.

[3] "Pathirana, Udana, Janat the most expensive picks in LPL 2024 auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

[4] "LPL 2024 Auction: Full Squads of all 5 Teams". ThePapare. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

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